Saturday, February 27, 2010

Last night, I should say this morning, I completed the three new paintings for the Gourmet Garage exhibit with Woodward Gallery. I completed the work before the deadline, which makes me feel good. I can't remember the last time I invested so much time on multiple pieces at the same time. I also can't remember, if ever, the last time I painted this fast and with reassurance.

Cornbread, 2010, oil on linen, 20 x 24 inches

I'm proud of the three new paintings, and I can't wait to see them hanging with the rest of my other work. After painting for five or four weeks straight every day I'm pumped, I want to keep the ball rolling. But perhaps the next painting I start will not be a still life since I'm over them, for now at least.

Essentials, 2010, oil on linen, 18 x 24 inches

In the coming days I will post the exact dates of the show and an evite. Thanks for checking in, cheers!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Here's a quick progress update on the work I've started for Gourmet Garage's windows. Portuguese Rolls, above, is almost completed. I'm surprised at how fast I accomplished this piece. I began work on the still life above last week, the night before I left for Colorado. I've been away for seven days, a trip which has delayed my progress on this work. But after spending time on it today I'm beginning to feel confident that I'll be able to finish it in time. In the next couple of days I will be starting the third painting for this project. Stay tuned!

About Me

"Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision-it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so."
- Charles W. Hawthorne -
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"One of the functions of art is to remind us of common humanity. The artist, like the priest, can sometimes remind us that we are bound by an obligation to one another stronger and more lasting than the bonds of politics or economics."
- John Manchip White, Diego Velazquez: Painter and Courtier -
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"To defend an artist as original says little about his work except that it is in some way different from what preceded it. As such, originality itself is rarely a strong defense, for it is born more of admiration for audacity and perseverance than necessarily of understanding." - James H. Rubin, Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets -